Wes Streeting
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Wes Streeting MP |
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Member of Parliament for Ilford North |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Scott |
| Majority | 589 (1.2%) |
| Member of the Redbridge London Borough Council for Aldborough |
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Assumed office 22 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Ruth Clark |
| Member of the Redbridge London Borough Council for Chadwell |
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In office 8 July 2010 – 22 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Gittens |
| Succeeded by | Neil Zammett |
| 53rd President of the National Union of Students | |
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In office 1 July 2008 – 10 June 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gemma Tumelty |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Porter |
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21 January 1983 London, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
Wesley Paul William 'Wes' Streeting (born 21 January 1983) is the British Labour MP for Ilford North, elected in the 2015 General Election with 44% of the vote (21,463).
Prior to his election, he was Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Redbridge and Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing. He remains a Labour councillor for Aldborough Ward.
Streeting's earlier career was in the voluntary sector, most recently as Head of Education at Stonewall, where he led their Education for All campaign to tackle homophobia in schools. He was previously Chief Executive of the Helena Kennedy Foundation, an educational charity that promotes access to higher education to students from further education colleges through bursaries, mentoring and work placements. He is a former National President of the National Union of Students (NUS) in the United Kingdom.
Born in Tower Hamlets, Streeting attended Westminster City School, a voluntary aided, Christian school in Victoria, central London. Streeting is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, where he read History at Selwyn College. He served as the President of the Cambridge University Students' Union for 2004-5, and as Selwyn College's Entertainments' Officer and Junior Common Room President.
After graduating, Streeting worked for the Labour Party-related organisation Progress for a year.
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